Seed and fertilizer drill.



P- M. METZLER.

SEED AND FERTILIZER DRILL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1910.

1,006,771. Patented 06%). 24, 1911.

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APPLICATION FILED SEP'LZB. 1910. 1,906,7 7 1. I Patented 0@n24,1911.

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Applieati Specification of Letters Patent. 1 1mm; to"? Q et, 275%,

filed September 23, 1910. Serial No. 583,430.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it. known that l. "mu: v'lAlITIN i'l'lE'IZ- Jim. :1 subject of the King of Great Britain, 1;; at Ko. (36 llloonilield road, Ascot in the State of Victoria. Commonol Australia,have invented certain ing; them leading from one branch under the supply box and the latter 'hen the terli lixer and grain bins are in the reverse position on the drill inmlenient. to that shown in the other figures.

To alter existing in'iplcnienls to suit this invention, that is to sow or place the fertil rcnienl's in Seed and Fertilizer Drills oi i'liich the following is a specification. lizer below the grain, a double inouth icce Th invention relates to ii'nprovements 1 is attached to the underside of the supply 1 in stir-sing and 'l'ertilizing apparatus and conbox 2, about the discharge openings from the '2; constructing (h-ill" or seed-sowing fertilizer and grain bins a. and 7) respecnenl's with the fertilizer and the grain lively, said mouth piece 1 being furnished 7 rls or appliances arranged to sow with spouts and l to which are connected orplarctne fertilizer in drills or furrows hethe fertilizer and grain coi'iveying or con- 5 men th and below the grain or seed with a layer ducting tubes (5 and 7 respectively, the lower of earth or soil bet ween thennand a covering end of the former passing loosely into the of earth or soil above the grain, said system fertilizer lelivery tube 8. and the latter wing being done sininltaneously by the loosely to the grain hoe 10, which is scone in'iplen'ieat or machine. curely held in a clamp 11. hinged at 12 to 2:; fl convert existing drill or seed sowing a lug projecting; from the tube 8. Said coniinple zen so that they will sow the ain ducting tubes 6 and 7 may be of any suitable and ilizer in. accordance with this invcnflexible material or metal, the fertilizer tube tio l: :lar seed hoe is hinged or atbeing nrefei'ably of aluminium, which Will '1 l.'"- back of the fer ilizer drill not he atlected by the chemical action of the 35 fertilizer.

be from the grain coniparh The fertilizer spout S is attached to the. mply box is conducted as will he dish cheek plate. 13, between which latter hueinatier fully explained. and the lower part of the disk 14 the fer The great. advantage or utility of this intilizer is delivered into the furrow While the 3o venlion is that the resultant crop is much disk is carried on the hinge lever 15, and 1 by its :utloplion or use, such being has a pressure exerted upon it by the spring t. iout hy the roots oll the grain esactuated rod. 16.

.lv-as deeper in the ground The clamp-carrier 11 is hinged to the ter- ;iie lower position where. tilizer hoe S in such a manner that. although 99 is sown and thus the grain the grain hoe l0 rises with the, dislt on meeting an ohs ti-ruetion it has also an independent lift, so that it will readily ride over obstructions, While to the clamp bolt at back of said grain hoe 10 a pair of drag 9 scrapers l? are. hinged, which are for the purpose of finally covering the grain with soil, and said bars 17 being hinged are also capable of riding over obstacles. Also said.

.niug deeper in the soil are better prepared to stand any drought which may F'lltliC'l, when the fertilizer is sown \r with the grain, and a dry season is need. then the germination of the all'eetcd, while when the fertilizer is the. grain, as above stated, the gerion th A will he in no Way aiilected.

the. invention may be clearly scraper 17 is lifted it 0111 the ground hy-tlie og 45 I will now be described With lower part of the aifijnslvahle hinge rae to the aceon'ipanying sheets of 18 contacting- W' 'h the l) tl 'anings, in which2- diuk 13 and it'.

Figure l is a side elevation, and Fig. .2 hacking or iii). r View of as much of :1 seed sewer or leve" 1 3o h-ill implement as is necessary to illustrate is lilHShl'Pi LE-Cl. in Ti i is my intention. Fig. 3 is a plan of the disk drrpged sown from shoot 8 into the drill hoe and drag l'lfil'IOW part of the implement. it: ri'on' made by the dish 1%, and is then Fig. l a side View of the sowing parts shown ere by the. layer oi soil which falls into in Fig. 1. Figs. and 6 show modified arthe drill or furrow behind the disk, while 7110 so rangements of the grain and fertilizer cleupon the, latter layer of soil. the grain i51 liver Ob conveying tubes, the former she sown, from hoe 3.0 and thus the fertilizer is laid at a depth of from one to one and a half inches or so below the grain, again the grain sown above the fertilizer is covered with soil by means of the hinged scraper bars or hoe 17. The position or height of the grain hoe 10 with relation to the lower edge of disk 14 can be adjusted in order to regulate the depth the grain is to be sown by securing the grain hoe l0, and its holed bracket 18, higher or lower in the hingedcarrier 11.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the fertilizer conducting tube 6 is shown ar ranged at its upper part concentrically within the grain conducting tube 7, and which latterbranehes back and into the hoe 10, while in Fig. 6 the fertilizer and grain conducting tubes, 6 and 7 respectively, fall direct from the supply box to the spout 8 and tubular hoe 10, as in this case the position of the fertilizer and grain supply bins are reversed, that is to say, the fertilizer bin lies at the front part and the grain. bin at the back part of the supply box 2, ?t1l'1l6(l on the implement. 1

I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the precise construction of the parts described and shown for carrying out my invention, as the same may be varied without departing from the objectand purpose of my invention, and furtherit will be well understood that the invention may be carried out on a hoe drill as well as on a disk drill implement.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is 1. In a machine of the class described, in combination, a fertilizer bin, a. grain bin, a

disk, a spout supported thereby, means for conveying the fertilizer from its bin to said spout, a tubular hoe hinged to said spout and positioned in the rear thereof, means for conveying the grain from its bin to said tubular hoe, said tubular hoe being positioned to cover the fertilizer and sow the grain thereon, and means forcovering the gram.

2. In a machine of the class described, in combination, a fertilizer bin, a grain bin, a disk, a spout supported thereby, means for conveying the fertilizer from its bin to said spout, a vertically adjustable hoe hinged to said spout and positioned in the rear thereof, means for conveying the grain from its bin to said tubular hoe, said tubular hoe being positioned to cover the fertilizer and sow the grain thereon, and means for covering the gram.

3. In a machine of the class described, in combination, a fertilizer bin, a grain bin, a disk, a spout supported thereby, means for conveying the fertilizer from its bin to said spout, a tubular hoe hinged to said spout and positioned in the rear thereof, means for conveying the grain from its bin to said tubular hoe, said tubular hoe being positioned to cover the fertilizer and sow the grain thereon, and a hinged scraper positioned in rear of said tubular hoe for covering the-grain with soil.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

PETER MARTIN METZLER.

lVitnesses Bnnm'no'ron BRmeooMB, W. J. S. THOMPSON. 

